China's State Council on Thursday released guidelines on accelerating implementation of its free trade agreement (FTA) strategy, with an aim to gradually foster a global free trade network. The guidelines specified that the near-term goal ...
Discussion of sovereignty over the Internet has long been a taboo, dismissed in Western media as violation of freedom. The time has come to drag the issue into the cold, hard light of day, and China, with an online population of 670 ...
Tags: Cyber Sovereignty, Taboo
France's oil giant Total and international trading firms Trafigura and Vitol were among 21 companies handed crude oil term lifting contracts for 2016 by state oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corp, NNPC said Thursday. "NNPC issued ...
Tags: Crude Oil, oil trading
Officers from a border check station’s legal aid service department talk to sailors on board an Italian vessel about China’s entry and exit laws. [Photo: Xinhua] The increasing number of lawsuits lodged by foreigners has ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2nd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, December 16 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday lashed out at ...
Tags: Cyberspace, WIC, Double Standards
At the opening of the second World Internet Conference on Wednesday, China made sure its voice was heard: Every country has the right to create its own Internet governance model, and the cyber sovereignty of all nations should be respected. ...
Tags: cyber sovereignty, Internet
South Korea has ordered Volkswagen to recall 125,522 diesel vehicles after finding that emission test in the vehicles are manipulated. Regulators in South Korea have also imposed a $12.3m fine on the German automaker for emissions ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Audi, diesel cars
Leading biscuit brand Arnott’s has paid the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) $51,000 in penalties after five infringement notices were issued against the company in relation to a marketing claim for its Shapes ...
A McDonald’s cafe opens in former residence of Chiang Ching-kuo. [Photo/Oriental Morning Post] Fast food chain McDonald's recently opened a cafe in the main building of the former residence of historical figure Chiang Ching-kuo, ...
Tags: McDonald, McDonald's cafe, residence of Chiang Ching-kuo
Beijing, October 18 (Xinhuanet Journalist Wang Youling)-The Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng said on October 18 that at present, the China-Britain trade and economic cooperation reveals a positive trend that the bilateral trade maintains a ...
Tags: China-Britain Trade, Economic Relationship, A Golden Age
As the first true free-range egg producer to be American Humane Certified, the happy egg has joined American Humane Association in a Congressional Briefing on "The Humane Heartland: A Celebration of the Humane Treatment of Farm Animals." ...
Tags: Happy Egg, free-range egg
New research from the Netherlands has found that most Netherlands-based consumers pay little attention to the ingredients lists on food labelling. The study, which was commissioned by Unilever and was accepted on the 17 September 2015 by ...
The dietary supplements industry has been predicted to be worth a USD$131 by 2016 in a new report by Future Market Insight (FMI), an American research house. Demand for dietary supplements has been attributed to a strong Baby Boomer ...
Tags: dietary supplements, healthcare products, infant formula products
UK-based cider brand Orchard Pig is planning to launch a new delivery service with the deployment of drones as part of its distribution network. The Glastonbury-based company is experimenting with its own version of drone to deliver cider ...
Tags: Craft Cider, Orchard Pig
European Consumer Organisation BEUC has published a new report, which reveals that meat products marketed across the European Union often carry dishonest labels. The BEUC report findings, which are based on tests conducted by seven ...
Tags: BEUC, Meat Products